Meaning & Definition of Short in English

1. The location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed

2. Accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference

3. The fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base

1. Cheat someone by not returning him enough money

2. Create a short circuit in

1. Primarily temporal sense

• Indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration

• "A short life"

• "A short flight"

• "A short holiday"

• "A short story"

• "Only a few short months"

2. (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length

• "Short skirts"

• "Short hair"

• "The board was a foot short"

• "A short toss"

3. Low in stature

• Not tall

• "He was short and stocky"

• "Short in stature"

• "A short smokestack"

• "A little man"

4. Not sufficient to meet a need

• "An inadequate income"

• "A poor salary"

• "Money is short"

• "On short rations"

• "Food is in short supply"

• "Short on experience"

5. (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range

• "A short memory"

6. Not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices

• "A short sale"

• "Short in cotton"

7. Of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration

• "The english vowel sounds in `pat', `pet', `pit', `pot', putt' are short"

8. Less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so

• "A light pound"

• "A scant cup of sugar"

• "Regularly gives short weight"

9. Lacking foresight or scope

• "A short view of the problem"

• "Shortsighted policies"

• "Shortsighted critics derided the plan"

• "Myopic thinking"

10. Tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening

• "Shortbread is a short crumbly cookie"

• "A short flaky pie crust"

11. Marked by rude or peremptory shortness

• "Try to cultivate a less brusque manner"

• "A curt reply"

• "The salesgirl was very short with him"

1. Quickly and without warning

• "He stopped suddenly"

2. Without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold

• "He made his fortune by selling short just before the crash"

3. Clean across

• "The car's axle snapped short"

4. At some point or distance before a goal is reached

• "He fell short of our expectations"

5. So as to interrupt

• "She took him up short before he could continue"

6. At a disadvantage

• "I was caught short"

7. In a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner

• "He told me curtly to get on with it"

• "He talked short with everyone"

• "He said shortly that he didn't like it"